look'n fresh and clean!

 

didnt you pack grease in there? I jamb mine full, yours looks too clean!

 

^ditto

 

cool, Ill come by later so you can install it on my truck, k thanx! haha looks sick dude, cant wait to see it finished!

 

thanks every body

no I did'nt pack the lock outs full, they are greased but not packed, I will thoe, thanks for the heads up
should I pack the whole hub full or just the lockouts?

I like the new avitar by the way...lol

 

I pack the bearings then pretty much fill the whole hub. You surely packed the roller bearings right?

 

yeah I packed the inner and outer wheel bearings realy good

I put more in befor I put the seals on
this is just after I droped the bearing in

 

ok good, i usually put a nice hand full in each end of the hub too. its alteast 1/2 full of grease if not more.

 

I met a new neighbor that is a welder, so I let him burn in the shock hoop and panhard mount gussets
the guy throws a pretty decent weld

 

Looks great!

 

pretty!!

 

nice welds now it looks beefy!

 

Good work man! Almost done with this hot rod! lol

 

thanks every body

 

So when do we get to see it under your Ranger?

 

I still got a few little parts to get and fab befor Im ready to tear my truck apart
hope to have every thing ready by the end of the month but you never know

 

maybe if i get off my butt. :)

 

not much of an update, I have been real busy
but I did get another nice piece of metal:
3/4 less than stock drop pitman arm, tapered for the chevy drag link end

 

o yeah and got the ps hoses....thanks again Zach

 

Those hoses look money!

 

I also did a little reworking of the panhard bar, when using some pvc as a tierod (mines still not made) I could see there may be some rubbing issues at full bump,



I also wanted hiems on both ends of the panhard so with minimal grinding I was able to get the rod end to move freely any direction on the back side of the mount



it puts the panhard directly over top the axle, and gives me alot more room
so I ordered new cromo rod ends for both sides, that will also give me more ajustability

 

Looks good man.

If you dont mind me asking where did you get the RCV axles for and how much did you pay for them. Got the cash saved up for a set and looking for the best deal.

 

I ordered mine directly from rcv, they cost $1200

 

finaly got a real tierod done and one end of the draglink



looks like the panhard/trackbar is a little shorter on the axle side but I will be able to fix that with the rodend





I also did some work to the bumper





back side, I think it will be a hell of a lot stronger than them weld on d-ring deals for a tow point





need to sand it back down and repaint it now

 

also painted the shock hoops to keep the rust down